Ron大神GMAT句子改错贴士.pdf

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1、SCTipsByRonWednesday,September262012,8:45PMImportanceofMeaninginSentenceCorrection&HowtostudySC:YoushouldALWAYScheckthemeaning,beforeyoulookatANYTHINGinthesentence.almosteveryoneofthemajorSCerrortypesiseasiertoidentifyifyouareusingthemeaningofthesentence,andmo

2、stofthemareimpossibletounderstandfully*without*themeaning.forinstance:verbtense--completelyimpossiblewithoutmeaningverbvoice--completelyimpossiblewithoutmeaningmodifiers--canbeassignedaccordingtogrammarrules,butdeteminingwhethertheassignmentis*correct*isimposs

3、iblewithoutmeaningpronouns--aresubjecttogrammarrules,butdeteminingwhetherthepronounis*correct*isimpossiblewithoutmeaningparallelism--sometimesbasedongrammar,butyouneedmeaningtofigureoutwhichitems*should*beparallelinthefirstplaceetc.thisisactuallywhytheGMATSCem

4、phasizestheseparticularconcepts--becauseitisNOTMEANTtobeatestofrulesthatcanbememorized!it'smeanttobeareasoningtestthatemphasizes...reasoning(whichisbasedupontheintendedmeaningofthesentence).thisisalsowhytheGMATSClargely*avoids*testingthingsthatAREpurelymechani

5、cal,rules-based,andsubjecttomemorization(e.g.,spelling).ifyouareapproachingthesesentenceswithoutFIRSTdeterminingthemeaningofthesentence,thenyouareusingexactlythewholekindofreasoningforwhichthetestisintentionallydesignedNOTtowork.thispostmaybeuncharacteristical

6、lyblunt,butthisisapointthatneedstobemadeoverandoverandoverandoverandoveragain,becausewaytoomanypeopleonthisforumapproachSCasifitwereagiantmathpuzzlethat'ssubjecttoentirelyarbitraryrules.it'snot--ifyoustarttobaseyourthinkingaroundwhatthesentenceisclearlyintende

7、dtomean(allsentenceswillhaveacommon-senseinterpretation,regardlessofhowmanyerrorsareintheoriginalversion),thenyouwillsuddenlyfindmostSCissuesmucheasiertoidentifyandunderstand.ACTIVEvs.PASSIVEisaMEANINGISSUE.(VERBTENSESarealsoaMEANINGISSUE.)Theseare*NOT*grammar

8、issues!makesurethatyouunderstandthesignificanceofthepassivevoicevs.theactivevoice.theactivevoicemeansthatthesubjectisthedoeroragentoftheaction.e.g.imovedtochicago-->imadethedecisio